Summary

  • Zenless Zone Zero releases Version 1.7 update with new S-Rank Agents, W-Engines, and story epilogue.
  • Update 1.7 introduces bug fixes, makes event adjustments, and compensates players for polychromes.
  • Unfortunately, Version 1.7 also replaces three English voice actors: Crystal Lee, Katie Cofield, and Chelsea Kwoka.

Zenless Zone Zero releases the big Version 1.7 update, adding tons of new content, fixes, and even surprisingly replacing 3 more English voice actors. After teasing Update 1.7 over the past few weeks and months through livestreams, social media posts, and trailers, HoYoverse has finally launched the anticipated version, which also represents the final piece of Zenless Zone Zero's first season.

There has been plenty of excitement over Zenless Zone Zero from fans over the game's future. While teasing Version 1.7, HoYoverse also revealed Season 2 of Zenless Zone Zero, promising to add a major new area of the game, while also finally providing answers to many of the game's many mysteries. In addition, the footage revealed a handful of new agents, including an important and powerful character named Yi Xuan. Until then, Zenless Zone Zero has finally launched its anticipated Version 1.7 update.

An image of Vivian from Zenless Zone Zero's Version 1.7 livestream.
Zenless Zone Zero Chart Shows Polychrome Count for Version 1.7

A helpful new chart from Zenless Zone Zero is detailing the total number of Polychromes available throughout the Version 1.7 update.

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For many players, the biggest piece of this update will be the new S-Rank Agents. Zenless Zone Zero previously revealed Vivan and Hugo through an in-game story and events, as well as a recent livestream, though this will be the first time both will be available to pull for. Vivian is an Ether Anomaly agent and will be available during Phase 1 of Version 1.7 along with the Re-run banner for Jane. Phase 2 will see Hugo Vlad, an Ice Attacker, replace Vivian's banner, while Lighter replaces Jane on the Re-run banner.

In addition to the new agents, events, and an epilogue to the Season 1 story, Update 1.7 is making a number of adjustments to the core game. Shiyu Defense and Deadly Assault have been refreshed with new buffs and enemy rotations, and a number of agent bugs have been fixed, including tweaks to Aftershock attacks. As part of these bug fixes, HoYoverse is gifting 600 total Polychrome, Zenless Zone Zero's highly sought after in-game currency, to players as compensation for the issues and server downtime.

Unfortunately for many fans, Version 1.7 also replaces three more voice actors, specifically Crystal Lee, Katie Cofield, and Chelsea Kwoka, the English voice actors for Rina, Koleda, and Grace. The patch notes don't go into detail or reveal the new voice actors, but fans are already linking the change to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. In fact, Zenless Zone Zero has already replaced voice actors recently, with Emeri Chase and Nicholas Thurkettle being removed from their duties voicing Soldier 11 and Lycaon.

Zenless Zone Zero Version 1.7 Patch Notes

1. New Characters

S-Rank Agent Vivian (Anomaly - Ether)

Vivian is a versatile Agent in Anomaly squads. She deals additional Anomaly DMG to targets suffering from Attribute Anomaly and can launch attacks while off-field to rapidly accumulate Anomaly Buildup. Vivian gains Flight Feather through certain skills. After converting Flight Feather into Guard Feather, under specific conditions, Vivian can consume 1 Guard Feather to launch one instance of Basic Attack: Featherbloom on the target, which can also be triggered while she is off-field.

S-Rank Agent Hugo (Attack - Ice)

Hugo is an Agent with a unique mechanic called Totalize. When a target enemy is Stunned, using certain skills will trigger the Totalize effect, ending the target's Stunned state and dealing massive DMG based on the remaining Stunned duration while accumulating Daze. He can also chain ranged shots after certain skills.

※ After the Version 1.7 update, A-Rank Agent Pulchra (Stun - Physical) will be available in the "Star-Studded Cast" Stable Channel and can also be obtained through Signal Search in Exclusive Channels and W-Engine Channels.

2. New W-Engines

S-Rank W-Engine Flight of Fancy (Anomaly)

The limited S-Rank W-Engine Flight of Fancy (Anomaly) can be obtained through the Dissonant Sonata Signal Search.

S-Rank W-Engine Myriad Eclipse (Attack)

The limited S-Rank W-Engine Myriad Eclipse (Attack) can be obtained through the subsequent Dazzling Choir Signal Search.

※ After the Version 1.7 update, A-Rank W-Engine Box Cutter (Stun) will be available in the "Star-Studded Cast" Stable Channel and can also be obtained through Signal Search in Exclusive Channels and W-Engine Channels.

3. New Bangboo

S-Rank Bangboo Robin

Can be obtained through An Outstanding Partner Signal Search.

A-Rank Bangboo Overtimeboo

Obtain via the event "Say It With Flowers."

4. New Story

  • Main Story Season 1 - Epilogue: "Bury Your Tears With the Past (B)"

She foresaw hardship, but "destiny" would rather sing an ode to hope.

Availability: Permanently available after the Version 1.7 update

How to Unlock: Complete Main Story Season 1 - Epilogue "Bury Your Tears With the Past (A)"

  • Agent Trust Events, Quality Time Events

New Agent Trust Events and Quality Time Events for Hugo and Vivian.

Availability: Permanently available after the Version 1.7 update

Requirements: Obtain the corresponding Agents and complete the required Stories (Please see Workbench > Partner Archive)

5. New Events

  • All-New Program

During the event, log in for a total of 7 days to earn Encrypted Master Tape ×10!

— My new friends, see you on the Exclusive Channel!

Event Duration: After Version 1.7 goes live – 2025/06/05 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 8 and unlock the Event feature in the Main Story Prologue - Intermission.

  • Say It With Flowers

Words left unspoken can perhaps be expressed through a bouquet adorned with morning dew.

But remember: To avoid misunderstandings, choose your florist wisely.

Event Duration: After Version 1.7 goes live – 2025/06/05 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 23 and Main Story Chapter 2 - Intermission.

  • Bangboo Bash

Grand Marcel Adventure's ranked matches are here!

Team up with your Bangboo and blast past your opponents!

Event Duration: 2025/04/27 10:00 (server time) – 2025/05/12 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 15 and complete Agent Story "Mole in the Hole (I)" to participate in the event.

  • Savor the Flavor: Citywide Delivery

The pop-up food truck Breaded Belief returns to Lumina Square!

Whether you're on the streets or in the alleys, you can have deliciousness delivered right to where you are!

Event Duration: 2025/05/02 10:00 (server time) – 2025/05/19 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 23 and Main Story Chapter 2 - Intermission.

  • Advanced Bounty: Routine Cleanup

During the event, Routine Cleanup rewards will be doubled.

"Battle is almost upon us! Rest assured, the Defense Force will show you who we truly are."

Event Duration: 2025/05/07 4:00 (server time) – 2025/05/12 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Begin Main Story Chapter 2 - Intermission and unlock Routine Cleanup.

  • "En-Nah" Into Your Lap

Log in for a total of 7 days to earn Boopon ×10!

En-nu-en-nah! (Here we come!)

Event Duration: 2025/05/14 10:00 (server time) – 2025/06/05 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 8 and unlock the Event feature in the Main Story Prologue - Intermission.

  • Springtime Snapshots

A commission from the "renowned" director — the journey of videography continues!

This time, who will be in the limelight?

Event Duration: 2025/05/14 10:00 (server time) – 2025/06/05 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 15 and complete Agent Story "Mole in the Hole (I)" to participate in the event.

  • A Tale Through the Looking Glass

A novelist from a distant land brings a wonderful new narrative!

You are the author, the reader, and the first to experience this story...

Event Duration: 2025/05/19 10:00 (server time) – 2025/06/05 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Reach Inter-Knot Lv. 15 and complete Agent Story: Mole in the Hole (I).

  • Data Bounty: Combat Simulation

During the event, Combat Simulation rewards will be doubled.

"There are many things that require your assistance, but you'll be well compensated~"

Event Duration: 2025/05/31 04:00 (server time) – 2025/06/05 03:59 (server time)

Requirements: Unlock Combat Simulation in Main Story Chapter 1 "Cat's Lost & Found."

6. Other New Content

New Content

  • Adds new enemy Tepes
  • Some city areas now have flavor events with Eous and friends.
  • A new teleport location, the flower shop, has been added to Lumina Square.
  • Adds new Achievements related to A Ridu Journey, Phaethon's Story, Agent Trust, When Opportunities Converge, Inter-Knot Hot Topic, including some hidden achievements.
  • Adds new titles related to Agent Trust, When Opportunities Converge, and the event "Bangboo Bash." Event titles can be obtained for a limited time only.
  • Dynamic wallpapers for Agents Vivian and Hugo have been added. Obtain the corresponding Agent and increase your Trust Level to a certain amount to unlock.
  • Adds floral arrangement interaction events for all Agents at Dew Gardening in Quality Time mode.
  • Adds photo interaction voicelines for all Agents in Quality Time mode.
  • Adds the Errands Calendar function. Proxies can check the current Version events schedule from the Notices function.

Signal Shop

Residual Signal Shop Redeemable A-Rank Agents Update

April: Seth, Corin

May: Pulchra, Lucy

Bangbuck Shop Redeemable A-Rank Bangboo Update

April: Cryboo, Sumoboo

May: Magnetiboo, Exploreboo

Shiyu Defense

Critical Node

After the Version 1.7 update, the buff effects of Critical Node are as follows:

Phase I:

  • Increases Agent's Ether and Physical Anomaly Buildup Rate by 20%.
  • After Stunning or inflicting an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, the Agent generates 20 Energy. The Energy Generation effect can trigger once every 20s and all squad members' ATK increases by 20% for 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Phase II:

  • EX Special Attack DMG increases by 40%.
  • After Stunning or inflicting an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, all squad members' Ether DMG and Ice DMG increase by 35% for 15s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.

Phase III:

  • Agent's ATK increases by 10%, and enemy's Daze recovery Speed is reduced by 10%. When inflicting an Attribute Anomaly on the enemy, if the enemy is not Stunned, 10% Daze will be directly accumulated.
  • Agents with the Attack specialty deal 30% more damage to enemies with Ultimate and EX Special Attacks, and if the enemy is Stunned, the attack's CRIT DMG is further increased by 60%.

*If the local time at 2025/06/06 05:59 (UTC+8) is later than 2025/06/06 03:59 (server time), then Version 1.7's Critical Node: Phase III will end on 2025/06/06 03:59 (server time) and will be updated after the Version 2.0 update.

Deadly Assault

After the Version 1.7 update, the enemies featured in Deadly Assault are as follows:

Phase I:

Sacrifice - Bringer, Unknown Corruption Complex, Corrupted Overlord - Pompey

Phase II:

Notorious - Marionette, Notorious - Dead End Butcher, Autonomous Assault Unit - Typhon Destroyer

Phase III:

Notorious - Marionette, Sacrifice - Bringer, Notorious - Pompey

Adjustments & Optimizations

Agents & Enemies

  • Optimizes the invitation events for Agents Lighter and Jane. The Invitation Events for these Agents have been upgraded to Quality Time Invites.
  • Changes the English voice actors for Agents Koleda, Grace, and Rina, and replaces the corresponding voice lines.
  • Optimizes the 3D models and art for Agent Hugo.
  • Optimizes the 3D models and art for Agent Vivian in plot dialogue.
  • Optimizes the 3D models and art for the Strange Bird in Hollow Zero.

Systems

  • Optimizes the rule display logic for the Badge management system.
  • Optimizes the combat stages of the Main Story commissions "Fateful Reunion" and "Who Stares into the Abyss," allowing replay upon combat failure.
  • Optimizes the equipment upgrade system. After the Version 1.7 update, Drive Discs can be marked as Discarded even when equipped.
  • Adjusts some Agents' priority order for skill upgrade recommendations.
  • Optimizes Notorious Hunt so that after consuming your weekly free challenge attempts, you can now directly choose to enter No Reward Mode or Pursuit to the Depths after combat.
  • Optimizes the display logic for score goals in Deadly Assault.
  • Optimizes the Notices function, adjusting the button location and information display.

Others

  • Improves the visual presentation of certain friend chat emotes.
  • Optimizes some camera angles in city chats.
  • Optimizes some voicelines for English, Japanese, and Korean.
  • Optimizes the text description for Agent Jane's Core Passive: Insight. This adjustment is purely textual and does not affect the actual functionality of the agent's skills.

Before adjustment: If any squad member triggers Assault on an enemy in the Gnawed state and causes the Flinch effect, the Flinch effect is increased by 5s, and Assault DMG has a chance to CRIT.

After adjustment: If any squad member triggers Assault on an enemy in the Gnawed state and causes the Flinch effect, the Flinch effect duration is extended by 5s. Assault DMG has a chance to trigger a critical hit against enemies in the Gnawed state.

  • Optimizes the text description for Agent Jane's Mindscape Cinema 06 "Shady" Technique. This adjustment is purely textual and does not affect the actual functionality of the agent's skills.

Before adjustment: When Assault triggers a critical hit, Jane performs an additional attack on the target, dealing Physical DMG equal to 1,600% of her Anomaly Proficiency.

After adjustment: When that instance of Assault triggers a critical hit, Jane performs an additional attack on the target, dealing Physical DMG equal to 1,600% of her Anomaly Proficiency.

Issue Fixes

Agents

  • Fixes an issue where some of Agent Pulchra's skills have a chance to display abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue where some characters' visual performance is abnormal during the story.
  • Fixes an issue where, when Agents Astra Yao and Evelyn use their Chain Attack, it does not trigger "When any squad member launches a Chain Attack, it will refresh the duration of all squad members' Elation" from Agent Lighter's Additional Ability: Fighting Spirit.
  • Fixes an issue where, under certain circumstances, when the active character triggered an Aftershock from other squad members, certain effects of Agent Caesar's Radiant Aegis were applied to targets abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue where Agent Trigger had a chance to receive DMG anomalously when triggering Aftershocks.
  • Fixes an issue where certain effects of W-Engine Timeweaver were applied to the equipper abnormally.

Enemies

  • Fixes an issue in Phaethon's Database where Ionized - Doppelganger does not unlock normally.
  • Fixes an issue where some enemies displayed abnormally under special camera angles.

Systems

  • Fixes an issue in the Drive Disc filter system where the number of Drive Discs does not display normally.
  • Fixes an issue under Controller mode where checking not yet obtained Agents may result in abnormal display.
  • Fixes an issue where, under certain circumstances, the Hollow Codex in the Workbench displays abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue where some PC devices may have abnormal environments.

Gameplay

  • Fixes an issue where there may be abnormal performance when fighting the enemy Geppetto in Hollow Zero.

Environments

  • Fixes an issue where NPC models sometimes do not display correctly in some environments.
  • Fixes an issue where certain scenes display abnormally.

Others

  • Fixes some typos in text.
  • Adjusts, improves, and fixes the in-game text for some languages. These changes will not affect gameplay or functions.
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Top Critic Avg: 75 /100 Critics Rec: 72%
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July 4, 2024
ESRB
T (Teen) - Suggestive Themes & Violence
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Don't go into the Hollows.
I know, I know, there's Ether in the Hollows, bizarre creations, even heritage of the old civilization, all precious treasures. But don't forget, there's also spatial disorder, monsters and mutants running rampant, and ultimately, a disaster that could swallow the world. They are not a place where ordinary people should go.
So don't go into Hollows.
Or at least, don't go in alone.
If you insist on getting into danger, go to New Eridu first.
This city where the good and the bad mix has many people who need the Hollows: Powerful wealthy tycoons, gangs that stalk the streets, conspiracy nuts, and ruthless officials.
Make your preparations there, find strong allies, and most importantly—
Find a "Proxy".
Only they can guide people out of the maze-like Hollows.
Good luck!

Genre(s)
Action RPG
Platform(s)
PlayStation 5, PC, Android, iOS
OpenCritic Rating
Strong